VMWare Workstation: Start VMs on user login
I want to start a certain list of VMWare Workstation virtual machines on machine boot. I created a Scheduled task that on logon runs:
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -File "C:\Users\Tools\Start-VMs.ps1"And the contents of Start-VMs.ps1 are:
$vmrun = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun.exe'
$vmlist = @('C:\Virtual Machines\Ubuntu\Ubuntu.vmx', 'I:\Virtual Machines\UbuntuServer\UbuntuServer.vmx')
$authd = Get-Service -Name VMAuthdService
if($authd.Status -ne 'Running') {
$authd.Start()
}
foreach($vm in $vmlist) {
& $vmrun start "$vm"
}